Appearance Man, Signed (3 results)

Pamphlet. Pamphlet printed for K. Garth Huston, M.D. as a keepsake for the joint meeting of the Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs, San Francisco, September 13-14, 1980. One of 175 copies, this is inscribed by K. Garth Huston to a medcial colleague. NEAR FINE SOFTCOVER. Reprint of 1745 original with biographical note.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. [Galsworthy, John) Sinjohn, John (pseud.) A MAN OF DEVON. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1901. FIRST EDITION of the author's fourth and rarest book, a first edition which, in terms of survival and as a condition-rarity, ranks #1 out of all Galsworthy's major works. This is the NEAR FINE (one corner bumped, tiniest bit of wear) copy which belonged to Florence Henniker, Thomas Hardy's collaborator and love-interest, a woman who was part of Galsworthy's literary circle (her bold ink ownership signature on half-title). An excellent ASSOCIATION COPY and particularly desirable in the light of Galsworthy's later refusal to reprint or acknowledge any his first four "John Sinjohn" pseudonymous books (which fictionalized poorly-veiled personal life details, including the illicit affair he had with his cousin's wife). Curious Florence Henniker may have found out about Galsworthy's authorship of A MAN OF DEVON on the sly as Galsworthy did not present, as far as we know, a single copy of the four Sinjohn first editions to friends or family. This copy's provenance further includes the legendary collection of Oliver Brett, 3d Viscount of Esher (1881-1963, bookplate). A MAN OF DEVON consists of four short stories, one of which contains the first appearance of a Forsyte Character: "The Salvation of Swithin Forsyte." This short story was the seed that launched the nine legendary Forsyte novels as well as two TV miniseries (1967 & 2002). So here you have it: his rarest book in superb original condition, with an alluring association, and the first place one can read the story that launched a literary saga which still has relevant and iconic value to our 21st century. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. Winner of the 1977 Nebula Award for Best Novel and nominated for the Campbel Memorial, Hugo and Locust awards. First appearance in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April '76 - June '76 Signed by Pohl in each edition at his story Near fine copies. Signed.